citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than individually. Is this possible? As Aristotle himself points out‚ people typically act in their own self-interest “in order to obtain that which they think good”. (1252a3) If the state aims at the “highest good” (1252a6)‚ does this necessarily benefit
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In Henry David Thoreau ‘s Walden Thoreau expresses his perception of what is real and genuine. To him reality is your own perception. If a person wants to‚ they can control how they look at life. In the chapter “Where I lived‚ and What I Lived For”‚ Thoreau tells us “When we are unhurried and wise‚ we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence‚ - that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.” What Thoreau means is that if we settle
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The film Higher Learning is a call to action. It is a film that shows people as products of their environment. The film is set on a college campus‚ a place where most people learn about what they will do in their adult life to try to better the world or simply educate themselves in order to live a better life. However‚ life on the Columbus campus is not good; it is a battlefield between the races and sexes. I feel it is a bit exaggerated‚ but it allows people to see some of the issues that go
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Narrative Hair Cut An expensive barber does not necessarily cut hair better than a reasonably priced one. I used to think that a good haircut would be expensive‚ so I looked for a shop that did not have low prices. I found one and told the barber I wanted my hair cut short. He cut my hair and I went home. When I got home‚ my mother told me my head looked crooked. The barber had not bothered to make sure that the left and right sides were trimmed to the same length. When my hair grew back‚ I asked
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Higher Education Higher education is the key to new worlds. In past decades‚ college education was seen as a privilege which few had access to. Nowadays‚ it has become a culminating stage in people’s life. Higher education has proved that it has a monetary value‚ as the salary of a person with a college education is higher than that of a person with a high school education. Some people have sold the idea that a higher education is a waste of time and money‚ and that such education should only be
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1. In Descartes’ First Meditation‚ why does he set about doubting all of his knowledge? What is he hoping to achieve? Descartes mentions that several years have passed since he first realized how numerous were the false opinions that he had once taken to be true. He notes that the subsequent opinions built were suspect to doubt because of this. He says that he has gained his knowledge through the senses or through the senses. The senses are sometimes deceptive and it is prudent not to trust that
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Submitted to : Fr. Archimedes A. Lachica‚ S.J. MBA RE 224.2 Campus Minister for Faculty and Staff‚ AdDU Rising Higher By Atty. Arnold F. Caballero It must have been a dry and meaningless life if nothing impels anyone to do something. As for me‚ I preoccupied myself with the responsibility that I have with my family. My mantra : When I’m doing the best for my family I am doing it for someone above. It all revolves around the same principle as I go around my weekly routine. Thus
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transparency and accountability‚ thus birthing law-abiding citizens in a society. This essay thereby seeks to examine and evaluate the American Criminal Court System as it answers several questions outlined in sub-headings below. Describe a Court and Its Purpose A court is a place where disputes are settled and justice is administered. The court is further run by courtroom work group‚ which comprises
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So‚ let ’s suppose that you have done some brainstorming to develop your thesis. What else should you keep in mind as you begin to create paragraphs? Every paragraph in a paper should be Unified—All of the sentences in a single paragraph should be related to a single controlling idea (often expressed in the topic sentence of the paragraph). Clearly related to the thesis—The sentences should all refer to the central idea‚ or thesis‚ of the paper (Rosen and Behrens 119). Coherent—The sentences
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A PARAGRAPH Unity in paragraph Unity in the paragraph means oneness of idea. A good paragraph possesses unity when all the sentences develop the main idea. Unity in the paragraph is achieved by the use of (1) a topic sentence with its controlling idea (2) supporting details‚ and (3) a clinching sentence. Coherence in the paragraph The word "coherence" derived from "cohere" literally means "to hold together". If the sentences in the paragraph should relate to the topic
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